Scientometrics – NamSor Blog

November 29, 2019 Gender / General

[NEW PAPER] Gendered geography: an analysis of authors in The Lancet Global Health

New research used NamSor Gender API to allocate likely gender to authors in The Lancet Global Health scientific journal. Findings

October 10, 2017 Gender / General

Gender in the Global Research Landscape Report

A new research by Elsevier used NamSor Gender API along with other methods, to provide an analysis of research performance through

July 4, 2017 EthnoViz / Gender / General

Cultural biases in African bibliometrics

Yvonne Mburu is a scientist from Kenya and founder of Med in Africa. She wants to create a global network of African scientists and health professionals to tackle the cultural biases that affect the visibility of African science.

November 30, 2015 General

Mapping, attracting, engaging Scientific Diasporas

Last week, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada took place CSPC2015 – a symposium to discuss the topic of diaspora scientists and

July 3, 2015 General

Feeling inspired by InspireFest2015

1. Some leaders are born women
2. Iranian Diaspora : Human talent cannot be confined
3. Do social good, but make a ####load of money too!

January 21, 2015 FDI Magnet / General

What’s in a scientist name? Applying onomastics in scientometrics: the case of Cancer Research

The IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence is an international institutional non-profit association of ranking organizations, universities and other

January 20, 2015 FDI Magnet / General

NamSor presented during Symposium on Academic Excellence

Our friend Tania Vichnevskaia of the French National Institute for Health (INSERM) presented the paper ‘Applying onomastics to scientometrics‘ yesterday